Definition of Onrushing

1. Adjective. rushing or flowing forward ¹

2. Adjective. (figuratively) attacking ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Onrushing

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Onrushing

onomatopoetically
onomatopoiesis
onomatopy
onomatopœical
onomatopœiæ
onomomancy
onondagas
onoratoite
onos
onramp
onramps
onreg'lar
onrush
onrushes
onrushing (current term)
onry
ons
onscreen
onsell
onselling
onsells
onsen
onsend
onsens
onset
onsets
onsetter
onsetters
onshore

Literary usage of Onrushing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria: Its Remains, Language, History by Morris Jastrow (1915)
"The original personification of Enlil as the mighty, onrushing storm whose voice ... Beyond the seer, beyond the diviner, An onrushing storm which none can ..."

2. The Philosophy of Art: The Meaning and Relations of Sculpture, Painting by Edward Howard Griggs (1913)
"It is the one just before the onrushing troops sweep by the Emperor. Thus the action would reach its climax a little later, and the imagination is led on to ..."

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